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    Quote Originally Posted by Sar1n View Post
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    Hint 1: He was a fighter pilot in WW1.
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    Sure as heck doesn't look like Manfred

    Is it Eddie Rickenbacker? Looks like it and he was a car racer too so that would make sense

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    Yes it is. Your go.

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    And mama said playing System Shock 2 wouldn't teach me anything

    Can't rep you though


    Here's an obscure one i think
    Hints: portuguese, minister of economy and finance, regarded "the portuguese Coulbert" for his mercantilist policies (the french statesman, not the comedian!)

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    Hey...
    I know that dude...

    This isn't a birthday party!
    Honest and truly, I AM Robin Hood!

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    Luís de Meneses

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    Quote Originally Posted by chesser2538 View Post
    Luís de Meneses
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    Luís de Meneses, 3rd Count of Ericeira, was a portuguese general that took part in the Restoration Wars against Spain, helping to score a couple victories but his most memorable works were as a minister of finances and economy, in which he promoted semi-protectionism and fostered the manufactories of cloth, glass, leather and silk in order to make the kingdom less dependent on imports and on colonial commodities. He was however victim of a severe depression and commited suicide, leaving his legacy quite unfinished.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Azorica View Post
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    Famous general of the early 19th century.

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    Coincidentally read an article about him today.

    With those sideburns and blue eyes, pretty sure it's french marshal Michel Ney

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    Yep, good ole Marshal Ney. I too read an article on him today.

    Guess I owe you one now.

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    Here's an easy one. Was present in a medieval battle where a heavy cavalry based army was defeated by infantry.

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    My first guess would be Edward the Black Prince.

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    Think I know the battle if not the guy, but I'm gonna let someone else try their hand at this.

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    Coat of arms as well as architecture show us it can't be Agincourt (sounded like a trap anyways), image indicates the battle was romanticed later, so my guess is it's battle of the colden spurs.
    Wikipedia informs me that the guy in that pic was the leader of the Flemish, William of Jülich.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cookiegod View Post
    Coat of arms as well as architecture show us it can't be Agincourt (sounded like a trap anyways), image indicates the battle was romanticed later, so my guess is it's battle of the colden spurs.
    Wikipedia informs me that the guy in that pic was the leader of the Flemish, William of Jülich.
    + rep Correct, William of Jülich was one of the leaders of the flemish opposing french expansionism in the region in the early 14th century. He was present in the battle of Coutrai (or Golden Spurs) where flemish pike milita defeated soundly the french heavy cavalry, quite an upset in the medieval world where heavy cavalry reigned supreme and one of the very rare instances in medieval warfare that footmen beat heavily armored cavalry.

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    Tip: This is a famous historical figure!

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    I know that dude. Read about him. "The single organism that has had the largest impact on environment".

    Thomas Midley, chemist involved in the invention of leaded gas and CFCs.

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    I just googled worst inventor ever and found him. Your turn. ^^

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